Is a non-unionized employee entitled to be terminated during a probationary period?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sloan v. Just Energy Corporation, 2012 HRTO 127 (CanLII):
The respondent submitted that in the absence of a discriminatory reason, the employer is free to decide if it wants to keep an employee during a probationary period. Generally, employers are entitled to dismiss non-unionized employees for any reason, provided that none of the reasons are discriminatory: Dunn v. Edgewater, 2011 HRTO 1795, at paragraph 36.
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